5-26-17 9:45 AM EST: Good morning, Patriots! Never will forget this commencement speech from Admiral William H. McRaven in 2014. It very well may be the best I've ever heard. It went viral and is often called the "Make Your Bed" speech.

5-27-17 10:57 AM EST: And a very good late morning to all in click range, on this, day one, of our annual three day weekend! I heard some stats this morning about Memorial Day itself, and one of them is that 818 hotdogs per second will be consumed. Now that's a stat we can relish, right? Hey friends, ketchup, OK? This dog's on a roll. Rrruff!

5-26-17 12:00 PM EST: Another video which I found both heartening and moving was this visit to the Fox News studio in NYC by Secretary of DHS, General John Kelly, who made comments on many aspects of terrorism, protecting our borders and citizens, enforcing our immigration laws, and more.

5-13-17 3:25 PM EST: You've heard of the "Chicken Soup For The Soul" book series, right? Well, the newest one is a military Families edition. In other words, every story contained therein comes from a military family.

5-12-17 12:57 PM EST: "After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000 at Charleston, South Carolina.